In a message dated 06/27/2001 5:52:10 AM Central Daylight Time, denanny@h... writes:
<< Singing is my passion, my every spare minute, the love of my life. My teacher recently more or less advised me to go get a professional education (conservatory). I was REALLY happy with his advise... And I haven't stopped thinking about it since. >> I personally believe you should "follow your bliss," even though that phrase tends to make me gag. I was almost 34 when I quit my day job (which admittedly was nothing special because I had been temping) and went back to grad school for my masters. I work as a singer/teacher full time and I do okay. I'm extremely happy. I did break up with my husband because he wasn't supportive of what I was doing but I have a partner now that IS. If your partner is already supportive, it will make it easier.
<<But: I'd be in heaven! surrounding myself with music! Learning, learning! <snip> But: there are sooooo many pros and cons, one of them being my partner. He supports my singing, I can even drag him along to all sorts of activities, but a fulltime education will be one step too far for him. Should I listen to him? I know that if it were just me, I'd have enrolled already. But it's not just me.....>>
You didn't really say what he's saying - is he saying, "you do this and we're thru" or "you do this and I won't be very happy," or "I have concerns that there is going to be too much financial pressure on me." So I don't know what he's saying that you should or should not be listening to.
If you can offer a plan - I'll take a part time job, I will contribute X number of dollars per month to our household income, this will be for X period of time, after which I can increase my contribution - perhaps that can assuage his fears.
Good luck!
Christine Thomas "For men are strong where we are weak ... they always think before they speak." (What fun is THAT?)
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